Positive youth development is a policy perspective that emphasizes providing services and opportunities to support all young people in developing a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging, and empowerment. While individual programs can provide youth development activities or services, the youth development approach works best when entire communities, including young people, are involved in creating a continuum of services and opportunities that youth need to grow into happy and healthy adults.
Simply put, youth development is a life process that everyone goes through. The goal of the positive youth development approach is to ensure that all adolescents experience this life stage positively.
2 comments:
Hello there - I blog about youth empowerment as well. I hope you'll stop by, especially on Pass the Torch Tuesdays!
Kelly, Pass the Torch
Hi there Kelly,
Your blog looks really great - I love the positive approach you are taking in your writings on kids. I think that we need a lot more of this in our world.
Keep up the great work,
Steve
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